Kristopher Edwards

Review of Southern Honda Powersports

My wife and I spent many hours driving many more m...

My wife and I spent many hours driving many more miles across the State of Tennessee looking for her first bike to only come to the conclusion that Honda DOES NOT like to sell motorcycles. Sound strange? Well if you experienced the amount of unwillingness to negotiate and absolute admission that someone else WILL pay what we say for our bikes the way we did, you would probably feel the same way.

After coming to the conclusion that we were going to be forced to purchase a used bike, not a bad thing, we started looking on Bike Trader and Facebook Marketplace to find that there are bikes all around us for sale and with low miles.

Get to the point, right? So after locating bikes in Georgia and even Indiana we decided that we would make the drive up North dragging the trailer and hopefully come home with her first bike. I did however make one final internet request to discuss a Rebel with Southern Powersports in Chattanooga. I say one final because the other request that I made to another dealership yielded absolutely no return calls or emails. Honda DOES NOT like to sell motorcycles. Remember me saying this before???

Well, the next morning, being Saturday, we had the trailer hooked up and ready to hit the road when I received a call from Mark Able with Southern Powersports in Chattanooga. I explained to Mark what exactly we were looking for and he said he would check the inventory and call me right back. Yeah! Sure you will Mark. Well it might have taken him 2.5 minutes to actually do what he said and he even explained that he would get me an out the door price if I would like since we live about 2.5 hours away. Wait! What? Is this guy for real? He s going to give me a price knowing that I can hang up the phone and never have to so much as look at him? Ok, Mark go ahead and do that. Well within less than an hour, he told me it would take a little time as he had a customer picking up their new bike, he called me back and quoted me an out the door price that was less than what ALL the other dealerships were quoting just for the bike without all the fees and taxes. Now I ve got to go and see this guy. He s going to get me in there and then drop the real OUT THE DOOR price on me. Well that is not what happened at all. My wife and I walked in the door, explained to the young lady up front that we were there to see Mark and she explained that she would notify him of our presence. Of course we know what we re here for so we went straight to the bike that other Honda dealerships just love so much that they won t even let them go. A few minutes later we were shaking hands with Southern Powersports Royalty. Seriously folks, this guy is from the UK. Can I just tell you how easy this was??? Mark is a very compassionate individual who I think just really likes meeting new people. The fact that his interest in the people that he meets also makes him a living is just icing on the cake. The entire process took a couple of hours, and was probably the easiest motorcycle purchase in history.

Now let s talk about the bike that I was getting a little concerned about since so many people are selling theirs when they have only a few miles on them. I personally ride a full dresser so getting on this Rebel 300 is going to probably be downright boring. I mean, where s the other half of the motor? Let me tell you. This thing handles like you wouldn t believe and while the power is not going to throw you off it is plenty and even more than enough for my somewhat fearful wife. Please keep in mind that she has NEVER ridden her own bike so starting at almost 48 years old is a little scary but she is doing great.

I really can t say enough about the guys at Southern Powersports in Chattanooga. Mark Able is amazing and even texted me this morning to check on my wife and see how she s enjoying her new Rebel 300.
Mark, thank you for being such a wonderful person. We really are very fortunate to have met you and will absolutely be back for more of the wonderful service that apparently only Southern Powersports in Chattanooga wants to offer.